To cath or not to cath?

Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 20-21

  Weitzel, Tina ^a   Vollmer, Charlene M ^a   Plunkett, Dee ^a   Mercer, Sandra ^a   Holmes, Jennifer M ^a   Friedrich, Lisa A ^a   Foster, Teresa A ^a   Berry, Tammy A ^a   Barnes, Mary R ^a   Allen, Laurie ^a   Robinson, Sherry ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDWELLING CATHETER; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 38549083763     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000309715.59679.a5     Document Type: Short Survey

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